[Rarebooks] FS: Le Blanc's satirical work against Jesuits. Cologne: 1678

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(JESUITS) [Le Blanc, Jean]. LE CABINET JESUITIQUE, Contenant Plusieurs Pieces Tres Curieuses des R. Peres Jesuites; avec un Recueil des Mysteres de L'Eglise Romaine; Le Tout Augmente dans Cette Seconde Edition & Enrichi de Figures en Taille Douce. Cologne: Jean Le Blanc. 1678. 12mo. 2 works in 1, as published. (4),184;61,(3)pp. The second work is LEGENDE VERITABLE DE JEAN LE BLANC. No Place: N.p. 1678. Illus. with 6 folding copper plates (5 in the first work and 1 in the second) with captions in either Latin & German or just German. The plates are very curious, one depicting a nun being whipped by a Jesuit, another with a naked woman in a barrel, and others of general debauchery.    $650.00 (trade discount allowed)
A satirical work against the Jesuits. According to OCLC, the imprint is fictitious. This book was printed in Holland.  Copies often lack the plates.

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